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COMMENT
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BREED IN
Have you ever been on the
ocean, the briny deep?
I ve stood on t he dee;., ha.f-
way from N't w York to Brest
(trance) and watched the
ships, five miles away, dip-
pinrr into the ocean, some
times almost out of sijfht for
a minute.
How vast is the sea?
If you ask what the human
race may ^am from enthusias
tic student* of the ocean you
may ^fet the vaguest answers
for they are the ‘pure scien
tists’ who are driven by cur
iosity. The chances are, how r -
ever, that what they finally
discover about the oceans may
have as much impact on man
kind as did the work of the
pure scientists who started
some 70 years apo to unlock
the secrets of the atom. They
had hardly a thought of bombs,
power plants, cancer treatment,
pest eradication, batteries in
space, etc.
For military defense, we
must now know the sea bot
tom as well as we know the
lay of the land of the world’s
preat surface battlefields. Nu
clear subs with nuclear weap-
one will henceforth deploy in
underwater battlefields a n d
hiding grounds. But we know-
next to nothing about the lay
of the land under the seas,
they will add. At this point.
b» iny the enthusiast, that they
are, the ocean scientists an
apt to p r el off the subject and
turn poetic about the vast un
derwater canyons, mountains
and deeps that are low! v Oc -
;ny mapped
It comes thi o u y h j u > t a.,
clearly that the seas and their
currents an the nn-at gener
ators of our \\ eat ici , and un
til We understand the ocean
currents und-r a.- well as on
tin' eiirtace, nob >d , : ., ma■ h
business second-puessinyf the
weather bureau.
< )ne
of th. surprwmg .
om
ments
ef the pur
e SCI. ntl.-'l
1 s i 3
that u
h.''n o.'i'aiT';
graphy is
far
ther
idvanced wt
should
he
able t
o operate
ordinary
su r-
f ace s
diipping he
tier than
we
now d
*'• You might think
that
the one thing w.
1 do know i>
the si
arface. Pr
Logo r 1
\av-
.die, d
irector of
Srr. pp., 11
list !
tute .)
f < hvaiiogr.
aphy in
I .a
Jella,
( alif., has
been cre.i
lit..
with t
h. opinion
that a h.
•t te
k n.iwi.
dge of winds, tides.
cur
rents
a nil waves,
, and of
th,
inarm.
“ life that
fouls sh.ip'-
hulls i
md harbors
. may cut
of-
dmary
shipping
costs
p.er
cent.
And
bet t. r k now ledge of
un-
tiersea.-
s condition:
s may make
eargo
submarines.
plying them
trade b» neath storm and wave,
eeonomieai'y feasible at last.
I he underwater mapping for
navigation will then reach h»>-
yond the strategic needs of
military requirements. Subma
rine trade route navitratom will
neeii. and pnoh-ably y r et, bottom
charts, precise information or
underseas magnetic influence.-
that may affect their instru
numts. data on currents at all
places and levels corresponding:
to flight weather foroasts,
‘flight paths' tracing the best
$2.00 per year in advance
routes and levels from point to
point, alonp which they will
probably home to their desti
nations on underwater beacons.
Mapping the bottom, as well
as the seasonal and annual
current patterns at various
levels throughout all the seas
won’t be finished in the life
time of anyone now living. The
uncharted s»-as comprise al
most threo-quarters of the
surface of the tflobe, and their
complete charts will be in
three dimensions, with an
average depth well over two
miles. But the mapping is pro
ceeding apace, usin^ many
technologies to cope with the
difficulty of groping in a hos
tile element. Only when it’s
finished will we he able to
say that we know even the
surface of the planet that is
our own home. The ocean bot
tom has also proved to be th<
best place to sink probes U
study the inside of the earth
but that’s a story in itself.
Finally, the pure scientist
will suggest that as the land
runs out of minerals, out of
adequate food producing cap
acity and out of such things
as oil deposits, the oceans will
increasingly provide them.”
“Some of the things we are
going to get from the seas
are sure things, because we
are already getting them.
Among these are food, fresh
water and minerals—whose av
ailability in the ocean is nc
news to anyone. The human
race is already at a crisis in
food supply.
In the long run, we are most
certainly going to have to ge(
more and more of our mineral
chemical and oil wealth fron
the sea. We are depleting the
land sources, while we and the
rivers are pouring our mineral
wealth m the oceans every
day. The .-was have, dissolved
m them, most of the chemicals
we prize; while on and undei
the bottom are the last, and
surely the most, untappedd de
posits of mineral ores, as well
as oil and gas reservoirs.
The race for underwater min
eral.- is under way on the con
tinental shelves all over the
world, liiant corporations have
huge investments in it. They
include the aerospace corpora
tions. Almost without excep
tion. they are convinced that
there’s a more profitable futuie
in the earth's seas than on the
Moon or other planets. Some
infant companies are already
grossing over #b million a year
and expect the ocean to put
them among tin 1 giants of to
morrow.
In most, but not all case',
it is presently too eostlv to ex
tinct the riches that are di
luted in the sea water. They
Delude salts of the precious
metals, such as gold and silver,
and the industrial chemicals,
such as sodium, potassium,
magnesium, and so on and on.
Cheap power is the key to
extraction of these virtually
limitless chemical and mineral
supplies. The neatest trick
would be to make the ocean
produce the cheap power ns
well as the minerals.
The harnessing of seashie
tides, waves, currents a n d
winds for the energy to cap
ture the diluted wealth of the
water is another possibility."
1 have written and spoken
quite a bit about Federal en
croachment on the States; I
am hound to make a point: the
States have rights but the
South Carolina has entered
the “computer” age. Mor? and
more, data processing equip
ment is being pressed into .ser
vice to handle the growing
hulk of the daily work of state
government. This is vividly
true in tne case of central vot
er registration, now in the
process of being established.
In the days ahead, there will
he more information regarding
central voter registration, but
for the moment, let us ponder
some on the ramifications of
the new procedure.
Our current registration sys
tem, although maintained by
conscientious and dedicated in
dividuals in each county. is
sorely inadequate. Rife with
“deadwood” the registration
rolls in the State do not re
flect the necessary accuracy so
important in holding honest el
ections. There has been a diffi
culty in “purging” the books
of names of persons deceased,
moved, or guilty of a crime.
The system we now have is
cumbersome, out-dated and in
complete.
In recent days we have been
briefed on the new central
system which will utilize a
central computer in Columbia.
By this streamlined method,
all South Carolina voters will
be registered in one office. As
they sign up in their respective
counties, their applications will
be forwarded to Columbia
where personnel in the centra!
registration office will prop
erly enter pertinent informa
tion on appropriate “punch’'
cards for entry into the com
puter’s huge “memory” sys
tem.
Then, by the punch of a but
ton, each county’s roll will be
available almost instantaneous
ly. Names of persons moved,
States have obligations and
responsibilities, the first obli
gation is to maintain order, to
maintain peace and quiet. The
Government has no obligation
to rush in to prevent riots and
other disorders unless Federal
property is endangered or the
Governor or Legislature ap
peals for Federal help.
The States in which disord
ers were so rampant had not
used their own troops; they
had not exhausted their own
resources; they whimpered and
whined and wailed for Federal
deceased or sentenced will be
sent in on a regular basis, and
the rolls will be properly purg
ed, accordingly. At election
time, a complete and accurate
roll will be sent to each county
for voting purposes. The ad
vantages speak for themselves.
The “computer” age will mean
a new day for voter registra
tion accuracy and efficiency in
South Carolina.
Political
Announcements
FOR MAYOR
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for nomination to
the office of Mayor of New
berry in the September 12th
Democratic primary, and I
pledge myself to abide the re
sults of the Democratic prim
ary.
GLARLXGF A. SHFALY, Jr.
FOR ALDERMAN
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for reelect ion to the
office of Alderman for the City
of Newberry and pledge to a-
bide the results of the Dem
ocratic Primary election.
Cecil E. Kinard
FOR COUNCILMAN
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for nomination to
the office of City Councilman
in the September 12 Demo
cratic primary, and pDiige mv-
self to abide the results of
the Democratic primary.
L. D. GARDNER
FOR GOUNGILM AN
1 In reby announce my-se-f a
candidate for mm: b m to
the offiie of (' {y ('ounelfman
in the September 12 Demo
cratic primary, and pb dge my
self to abide tin results of the
1 )emocratie primary.
ROBERT "SPOT” GOATS
FOR COUNCILMAN
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for nomination to
the office of City Councilman
in the September 12 Demo
cratic primary, and pledge my
self to abide the results of the
Democratic primary.
Claude \Y. Partain
BANK NOTES
t l oops.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
Aug. 20: Mrs. Clifton Gra
ham, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Doris
and Lauris Riley, Jeanette H.
Crooks, Mrs. T. Collier Neel,
H. T. Carlisle, B. R. Roton, C.
T. Mize, Derrill Coleman.
Aug 21; Mrs. Perry Wicker,
Martha Bouknight, Jim Shealy,
Mrs. George R. Richardson,
Mary Robins Stone, John N.
Livingston, Claudia Setzler,
Forrest Summer Sr., Susan
Sligh.
Aug 33: Mrs. W. R. Reid,
Mrs. Keith Wilson, Kent Cope
land, Robert Bouknight, Mrs.
W. L. Singley, Mrs. Oscar Jol-
lay, Jane K. Copeland, James
B. Franklin.
Aug 23: George Way, Linda
Ray Ruff, Barbara F. Thomas,
Caroline Wicker, Mis. Ralph
Lancaster, Mrs. Charlie S.
Cromer, Mrs. Pete Parrott,
Mrs. Mary Sease Riser, John
B. Lindsay, Nat Gist Jr.
Aug. 24: Rodney Bedenbaugh,
Eugene Koon, Mrs. T. S.
Humphries, Faye Eargle, Tom
Gilliam, Leslie Carol Hipp,
James W. Holland, Clarence
Bundrick, T. E. Setzler, Janice
Allene Rister, Mrs. James
Werts.
Aug. 25: J. W. Earhardt, Jr.,
J. Boyd Robertson, Wayne
Martin, J. W. Warner, Ila Mae
Saber, Homer O. Epting Sr.,
Mrs. Herbert Bedenbaugh. Miss
Aminee Dominick, Jean B.
Brown, Donna Shealy, O. L.
Cook Jr., Mrs. Sarah Graham,
Mrs. F. C. Merchant, Billy
Nichols.
Aug. 26: R. E. Summer Jr.,
Faye Langford, Mrs. Effie
Hendrix, Charles Cromer, Linda
Cousins Hutson, Delora Patri
cia Leslie, J. 0. Jenkins, Winnie
D .Senn, Mrs. T. A Scar
brough, Rev. E. B. Young,
Elizabeth Nichols.
Saturday rites
for Miss Epting
Miss B.r. Annes Epting,
died Frida.'. :"*• home after
a long illness.
Miss Eptimr was born in
Lexington county, the daugn
ter of the late John J. and
Mary Ella Cook Enting. She
was a member of Ti e Lutheran
Church Of The F. deen - r and
was vice president, of Retired
employees of Whitten village.
She is survived by two bro
thers, Wilbur L. Epting, of
Newberry and G. T. Epting of
Newberry; one sister, Mrs. B.
S. Derrick of Newberry.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at her church, con
ducted by Rev. H. A. McCul
lough and Rev. Robert Fraser.
by Malcolm
DID YOU KNOW.
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PRIOR ro fHL NATIONAL RANKING ACT
OF ldG'3, r ROM If R "WHPCAT RANkA"
I’SSurP T HElROWNJ CURRENCY ABOUT
7000 different kinds of paper
AND SOME 4 OOO OF THEM WERE
The Fed' ral government has
no authority to intervene of its
own motive.
In the foregoing ! am bound,
in the >pirit of fairness, to
recognize that President John
son had no right or duty to
use Federal troops unless the
States had used thew own for
ces and then had asked for
Federal help.
We rebuke the Federal gov
ernment for invading our
rights hut we run to the Fed
eral Government for money,
money, money, for this, that
and the other.
The recent riots showed the
weakness of the States. A
State has a lawfuul right to
summons all citizens to defend
the peace, property and safety
of people and property witrin
its borders.
A Federal military force
may he sent to the Charleston
Navy Yard, Fort Jackson, and
other Federal instrumentalities
if endangered, hut the pitiful
begging for Federal help with
out using fully the authority
and obligation of the State is
another pitiful confession of
weakness, as well as a surren
der by the States.
OUR DEMOCRAT y INSTITUTIONS
AT It APT SooO BANKS ARE MORE
THAN c >0 YEARS 01 D SOME 250
oAVE PASSED THE CENTURY' MARK,
ANP A f [ v\ ARE MORE TeAN
AUTOMATIC WILLPOWER : MANY BANKS
NOW ETELP YOU INCREASE YOUR SAVIN65
BY AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING DO
OR MORE A MONTH FROM YOUR CHECKING
TO YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT